Germin mechanical engineer; inventor of an internal-combustion engine Nikolaus August Otto was the German inventor of the first internal-combustion engine to efficiently burn fuel directly in a piston chamber. Though the concept of four strokes, with the vital compression of the mixture before ignition, had been invented and patented in 1861 by Alphonse Beau de Rochas Otto was the first to make it practical. Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, engineer, designer, inventor |
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variant spelling: Otto, Nikolaus; ; A.; August; Otto, Nicolaus August |
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Curriculum vitae |
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Industrialisation, ca. 1850-1920 |
Die Maschine ; Geschichte, Elemente, Funktion ; ein enzyklopädisches Sachbuch Author: Strandh, Sigvard Published: 1992 |
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Biographien bedeutender Techniker, Ingenieure und Technikwissenschaftler ; Eine Sammlung von Biographien Author: Wollgast, Siegfried (Ed.); Banse, Gerhard (Ed.) Published: 1987 |
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Nicolaus August Otto, Rudolf Diesel Author: Sittauer, Hans L. Published: 1990 |
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Technik : eine Geschichte ihrer Probleme Author: Klemm, Friedrich Published: 1954 |
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Vom Wandel der industriellen Welt durch Werkzeugmaschinen ; Eine kulturgeschichtliche Betrachtung der Fertigungstechnik Author: Spur, Günter Published: 1991 |
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